Ireland: Irish Data Protection Commission investigation into WhatsApp for violations of GDPR
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Issued EU Court of Justice decision dismissing WhatsApp appeal of EUR 225 million fine adopted by EDPB
On 7 December 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a statement dismissing an action brought by WhatsApp against a decision of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) from 28 July 2021, in a matter referred by the Irish superviso…
SourceIssued DPC ruling in investigation into WhatsApp including EUR 225 million fine for violations of GDPR user privacy rules
On 2 September 2021, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) concluded its investigation into WhatsApp for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The DPC sanctioned WhatsApp with a fine of EUR 225 million and further handed …
SourceAdopted EDPB binding decision (1/2021) on the dispute on the draft decision of the Irish Supervisory Authority regarding WhatsApp Ireland's obligations under the GDPR
On 28 July 2021, the dispute over a draft decision made by the Irish Data Protection Authority (DPA) regarding WhatsApp IE's transparency obligations under the GDPR for both users and non-users of the service was resolved by the European Data Protec…
SourceOpening of statutory inquiry into WhatsApp for alleged data breaches
On 10 December 2018, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) opened an investigation into WhatsApp for allegedly violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The DPC was made aware of these possible violations by several breach notifi…
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